Sectors of application
Nucléaire civil et militaire / Recherche & développement
Our offer
- Thermal cycling and mechanical cycling test campaigns for manual or motorised valve equipment (valves, non-return valves, safety valves, etc.)
- Turnkey tests based on your specifications (mechanical and electrical connections, calibrated test instrumentation, expertise, etc.)
- Design and implementation of dedicated tests and instrumentation for specific needs
- Expertise
- Thermal and mechanical cycling test campaigns for valve equipment (manual or motorized valves, check valves, safety valves, etc.).
- Turnkey testing based on your specifications (mechanical and electrical connections, calibrated test instrumentation, expert support, etc.).
- Recognized experimental expertise available for specific or customized testing.
- Numerical expertise available to support your modeling efforts if needed.
- Design and implementation of dedicated tests and instrumentation tailored to specific requirements.
Your challenges
- To qualify valve equipment for a nuclear application
- To approve your innovative sealing solutions by having a wide range of representative conditions for water or steam tests
- To approve your modelling through specifically instrumented tests
Our strengths
- Installations that are unique in Europe: CYPRES (pressure cycling) and CYTHERE (thermal cycling) test resources
- These test installations operate throughout the year (excluding statutory scheduled shutdowns every 18 months)
- Experimental expertise backed by several decades of testing and supplemented by significant digital expertise
- Technical excellence recognised by our internal and external customers
Use case examples
EPRI (2017–2018): validation of a new hard-facing coating for seat-to-disk sealing, in collaboration with the manufacturer VELAN.
DAHER, SEGAULT, EERSON, and KSB (2010–2021): support for the qualification of valve equipment for the EDF fleet and the Flamanville EPR.
VELAN France (2012–2021): qualification of nuclear valve equipment and partnership for materials investigations.
CNEN (2015–2021): support for the qualification of valve equipment for the Flamanville EPR.
DT / UNIE / UTO / DIPDE: support for the fleet and qualification doctrines, improvement of valve functions, development of new analysis tools and testing resources.